Richard Baxter on Discontentment

Discontentment. There is something about the sinful heart that is always wanting something other than the place in which God has placed him or her. When something other than God is the desire of the heart, it begins to desire more than the portion granted. The sinful cravings of the heart are deceitful and can justify sin or can explain away divine instruction. Baxterʼs appeal to wives is to find your contentment and treasure in Christ and you will recognize the joy in resting in his purposes.

I wish I could find more time to read more of the older pastor’s writings. It seems to take me so long and is not conducive to be interrupted by “littles”. But I’ll slowly get more and more read over time.

I love the older pastor’s writings, too. I think reading a “snippet” here and there is the only way, right now, that I’m going to get it done, but it’s worth it. They really challenge me to a closer relationship with the Lord, and holiness.
Blessings,
Wendy

One area that I’ve been looking at is prayer. It is amazing how much more focus the older pastors gave to prayer than even the very sound pastors of today. It may have something to do with why their works are so valuable even today.

First Things First

The most important fact necessary before reading this website is to examine yourself to see if you are a Christian. If you are not a Christian, much of this would be ‘Foolishness’ to you.
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1 Cor 2:14 The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
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If you are not a Christian then I recommend reading the following:

What is a Berean?

Acts 17:11
"Now the Bereans were of more noble character than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true." NIV

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